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connec t ion Volume 3 — Issue 10— October 2012
www.mesonet.org
The National Weather Center is home to the Oklahoma
Mesonet. Housed on the second floor with the Oklahoma
Climatological Survey, the Mesonet has been located
within the NWC since it opened in summer 2006.
The NWC sits on 22 acres and is a University of Oklahoma
building, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) being the major resident. The
244,000 square foot building has five stories, a rooftop
outdoor classroom, and enclosed weather observation
deck. It accommodates about 550 people including
research scientists, operational meteorologists and
climatologists, engineers and technicians, support staff,
and graduate and undergraduate students.
“I can’t imagine a better location,” said Chris Fiebrich,
Manager of the Mesonet. “Because our Mesonet stations
are located in every county of the state, it helps to have
our headquarters centrally positioned in Norman. It’s even
better that we get to be housed with other weather offices
like the National Weather Service and OU’s School of
Meteorology.”
Every year, the NWC hosts the National Weather Festival.
People from all over the region attend the event featuring
building tours, an hourly weather balloon launch, children’s
activities, storm research vehicle displays, amateur radio
demonstrations, the storm chaser car show, and weather-related
info and products.
If you would like to come see the Mesonet headquarters
and all of the other weather agencies in the NWC, mark
your calendar for the next National Weather Festival on
Saturday, November 3, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For
more information or directions, visit http://www.norman.
noaa.gov/events/nwf.
–by Stephanie Bowen
Our Home - The National Weather Center
Left: The Oklahoma Mesonet staff in the central stairway
of the National Weather Center. This year marks the sixth
anniversary of the NWC opening.

connec t ion Volume 3 — Issue 10— October 2012
www.mesonet.org
The National Weather Center is home to the Oklahoma
Mesonet. Housed on the second floor with the Oklahoma
Climatological Survey, the Mesonet has been located
within the NWC since it opened in summer 2006.
The NWC sits on 22 acres and is a University of Oklahoma
building, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) being the major resident. The
244,000 square foot building has five stories, a rooftop
outdoor classroom, and enclosed weather observation
deck. It accommodates about 550 people including
research scientists, operational meteorologists and
climatologists, engineers and technicians, support staff,
and graduate and undergraduate students.
“I can’t imagine a better location,” said Chris Fiebrich,
Manager of the Mesonet. “Because our Mesonet stations
are located in every county of the state, it helps to have
our headquarters centrally positioned in Norman. It’s even
better that we get to be housed with other weather offices
like the National Weather Service and OU’s School of
Meteorology.”
Every year, the NWC hosts the National Weather Festival.
People from all over the region attend the event featuring
building tours, an hourly weather balloon launch, children’s
activities, storm research vehicle displays, amateur radio
demonstrations, the storm chaser car show, and weather-related
info and products.
If you would like to come see the Mesonet headquarters
and all of the other weather agencies in the NWC, mark
your calendar for the next National Weather Festival on
Saturday, November 3, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For
more information or directions, visit http://www.norman.
noaa.gov/events/nwf.
–by Stephanie Bowen
Our Home - The National Weather Center
Left: The Oklahoma Mesonet staff in the central stairway
of the National Weather Center. This year marks the sixth
anniversary of the NWC opening.